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Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010
Citable as data publication
Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. https://doi.org/10.14284/55
Contact: Van Hoey, Gert

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Description
Zooplankton from the Belgian Part of the North Sea was sampled monthly in 2009 and 2010 at 10 monitoring stations, using a WP2 net (57cm, 200µm mesh size), which was towed in an oblique haul from bottom to surface.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Zooplankton, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,29; MinLat: 51,16 - MaxLong: 3,23; MaxLat: 51,75 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
2009 - 2010

Parameters
Abundance Methodology
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC]
Volume of sample from the water body [BODC]
Abundance: Zooplankton WP2 net (ILVO)
Zooplankton sampled by a WP2 net (57cm, 200µm mesh size), which was towed in an oblique haul from bottom to surface.

Contributors
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Landbouw en Visserij; Instituut voor landbouw- , visserij en voedingsonderzoek; Kenniseenheid: Dier; Aquatisch Milieu en Kwaliteit; Biologisch milieuonderzoeksgroepdata creator
Van Hoey, Gert
Van Ginderdeuren, Karl
Universiteit Gent (UGent)

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Publication
Based on this dataset
Van Ginderdeuren, K. et al. (2014). The mesozooplankton community of the Belgian shelf (North Sea). J. Sea Res. 85: 48-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.10.003
Van Ginderdeuren, K. (2013). Zooplankton and its role in North Sea food webs: Community structure and selective feeding by pelagic fish in Belgian marine waters = Zooplankton en diens rol in Noordzee voedselwebben: Gemeenschapsstructuur en selectief foerageergedrag door pelagische vissen in Belgische mariene wateren. PhD Thesis. Ghent University: Ghent. xx, 266 pp.

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2013-11-05
Information last updated: 2015-11-30
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